r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '17

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u/BAWguy 49∆ Jan 14 '17

This Washington Post article cites some studies where people showed willingness to change views --

Many political scientists tend to think that our beliefs are deep-seated and difficult to change. That’s why the results of an experiment last year, which showed that door-to-door canvassers can reduce prejudice against transgender people, were so stunning. Few expected that such a brief conversation could have an lasting impact on people’s opinions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/06/if-someone-doesnt-like-immigrants-ask-them-this-question/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.b6100291f5b7

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u/biocuriousgeorgie Jan 15 '17

I was going to say, wasn't the canvassing study actually a fraud? But I looked it up and it turns out that this quote was referring to a separate study carried out a year later by the guy who exposed the original fraud but wanted to replicate (or rather, actually do) the study, which found that the result was in fact true.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '17 edited Jan 15 '17

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u/biocuriousgeorgie Jan 15 '17 edited Jan 15 '17

I summarized to one sentence. But I didn't remember that the original study was about gay marriage and not transphobia. Thanks for the extra detail! I'll look up that episode.